LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

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AN ITALIAN ROSEWOOD,TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE**
LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
With rosso levanto marble top above three drawers with architectural marquetry panels, laurel-draped acanthus urn on the apron, on tapering legs and ormolu feet, with white paper sticker inscribed in black ink '...GALERIE MODERN.../...mes, 41 - BRUXEL... Tel. 12.57...', inscribed in white chalk '3326'
34½ in. (87 cm.) high,49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide, 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

The finely inlaid marquetry panels of this commode, with their distinctive trompe l'oeil architectural scenes and sense of perspective accentuated by the angled bridge drawing one's eye into the picture, are related to the work of the Piedmontese intarsiatori Ignazio Ravelli (1756-1836) and his son Luigi (1776-1858). Commodes with similar panels attributed to Ravelli include one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, whose central panel features an angled bridge isuing from arcading, similarly to the commode offered here (see A. González-Palacios, Il Gusto dei Principi, Milan, 1993, vol. II, p. 341, fig. 671).

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